[Gsg0-devel] [gameplay] the reaches of space

[Tim C. <tf...@le...>]

(In case you can't tell, I'm sending out a few mails to the list about things that I've been thinking about in an effort to try and get some conversation going about them :)

Okay, so this is about how far our in-game universe reaches.  The thing about space is that it's really huge... and that it's highly likely that two large starships fighting would remain fairly far away from one another while their little guys battled it out.  So, my question for you guys is this:

What are your thoughts and feelings on light-speed?  Is it an allowable strategy in-game to lightspeed past someone?  Would it make sense to place the two large ships far enough away from one another that non-light-speed travel would take a signifigant amount of time?  Would some sort of limited-light-speed drive that acts as an extreme afterburner be acceptable?
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Tim Cunningham

"I'm not claiming to be deep, I'm claiming to do it for fun." - Linus Torvalds